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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (568)	12/17/2002 5:25:33 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

The United States killed "massive numbers" of Japanese in Hiroshima and Nagasaki due to the perception that it would avoid massive numbers of American soldiers from being killed were they required to invade Japan... Yes. And the consequences were so well documented that I doubt a repetition will be possible. Especially if the US is not directly attacked first with a weapon of similar magnitude (and I do not mean some soldiers invading another country, but US soil with American civilians on it). A threat of force must have no limitations.. Only then will it create sufficient fear in the hearts of our enemies and bring them to negotiated settlements. Certainly. Perhaps the US is a little too civilized for it to work as a credible threat, though. I could believe Pakistan's dictator's threats to nuke some city, but can I believe America's democratically elected administration? Nope. But that's another issue... Just imagine how nasty any community would be without any police to keep the peace?? I guess you are referring to the US as the police of the world. Probably de facto if not de jure. This never bothered me and most people I know before, although the "police" obviously sought his own interests whenever appropriate, because they used to be gentle and self-restraining in their use of force, and careful with the approval of others. It is worrying these days, however, as the police seems to have gone off on a vengeance trip, attacking wherever he feels like, threatening serious weapons, laying out where he will attack next (i.e. axis of evil, etc). Would it be better without a police? No. Is the current police doing well for the goal of peace and prosperity, especially security? Again, no. But these are my opinions only.